Nice Buns – A Super-Tasty Dice Game for Families and Adults

I lived in China for five years, so when I saw a game about one of my favorite foods, steamed stuffed buns, I had to buy it. You're trying to gather three sets of colored steamed buns on your mat. There are three dice of varied sizes and tasks. On your turn, you roll the three dice and decide how to separate them. You must be strategic here because the person to your left will decide which die/dice they want first. Tasks are completed from smallest to largest die. You may draw, trade, or steal depending on the dice, but beware the fish bun. The fish bun makes your other buns stinky so you cannot place them on your mat. Buns can only be placed on the mat when you have all three of one color and do not have any fish buns. Since you cannot have more than three of any one color buns on your mat, the game becomes more strategic as you draw and steal or trade with other players for the buns you need. It plays fairly quickly and is very portable as the box is not large.

Love this game!!! So fun, adorable, and delicious😍 Easy to learn but with enough twists and turns and surprise rules that it is never too simple or repetitive (unlike many other cutesy games out there). My friends and I play this all the time now and it always make me hungry for some dim sum afterwards.Also love the design and the thoughtfulness, especially the sturdy pouch for all the pieces when a lot of other games would just give a cheap ziploc bag instead. Could double for a cute purse in a pinch?

I love games - but my family gravitates towards the same few (monopoly…) and this is super fun and a little less intense than other games we play. It is the kind of game that doesn’t take forever either!

Such a cute and creative game. My friends and I really liked all the pieces— buns, plates, and dice, etc. It was creative bc person next to you has a say on your turn so you have to be alert and strategize. With that said, pleasant game with a fun mix of strategy and RNG. :) I will play this a lot.

This game was so easy to learn and so much fun to play. You have 3 dice to roll but you must split them into two groups. The person to your left gets to choose which of the two groups of dice they want. The goal of the game is to collect 3 groups of 3. The game play is about 10-15 mins. Great for before or after dinner.

Loved this game! Seams simple but you really have to strategize. Can’t wait to add this to the game night rotation! Also love the buns!

I got this game for our February Family Game night. It was a great game for teaching strategy to my children. My kids are 8 and 5 but picked up on the game really quickly. It definitely could be more complex play with adults. The quality of the pieces are great.